Today is Earth Day—a day dedicated to celebrating the planet we call home and raising awareness of environmental problems. The seeds of this day were planted back in 1969 when Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin witnessed events like the Cuyahoga River catching fire and the Santa Barbara oil spill and decided that the world needed an environmental initiative. A year later, the first Earth Day event was held. Now, it has grown into an annual event with more than a billion people in over 193 countries taking part.
Earth Day
Today in History
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Here s looking at you
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Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
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An octagonal architectural treasure
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International Surfing Day
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An historic forest
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This reef is nowhere near the sea…
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Borrego Badlands
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Grand finish of Le Tour
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Kissing Day
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Death Valley National Parks Anniversary
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Fibonacci Day
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Tower Bridge, London, England
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Paralympic Games begin in Paris
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International Day of the Tropics
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Porto, Portugal
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Heri es-Swani in Meknes, Morocco
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Feature Attraction: 85 years at the drive-in
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Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Virginia
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State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
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Guild houses of Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
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You ve never seen anything like this
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National Pumpkin Day
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Finnish Independence Day
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What’s blooming in New Zealand?
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Flamingos of the Chilean desert
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Ready for takeoff
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A cutting-edge art gallery opens in Paris
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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75th anniversary of the Spruce Goose
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Looking down upon Edinburgh
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